Iranian President Raisi is the latest prominent figure to die in a helicopter crash
Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, is just the latest leader to die in a helicopter crash. Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian died on Sunday when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed in a mountainous area near the city of Jolfa in northwestern Iran.Here's a brief look at some other prominent figures who have died in helicopter crashes:UkraineA helicopter carrying senior Ukrainian officials, including the minister of internal affairs, Denys Monastyrsky, crashed in January 2023 in a suburb of the capital, Kiev, killing more than a dozen people, including other key figures of the leadership in time of war.Monastyrsky was a political ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky and the incident, which occurred near an elementary school, is believed to have been...